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World
United Airlines profits dip, company says world getting 'less uncertain'
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 1:10pmUnited Airlines has reported a drop in second-quarter profits on higher costs and predicted a rise in travel as geopolitical...
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World
Syria pulling troops from Druze heartland after US request
Thursday, 17 July 2025, 10:07amSyria announced that its Army had begun to withdraw from violence-hit Sweida today, following a wave of Israeli strikes on...
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World
Former Thai PM faces court in royal defamation case, risks 15 years in prison
Wednesday, 16 July 2025, 3:56pmFormer Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is set to testify in court on Wednesday, seeking to defend himself against...
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World
Villagers take on AI-driven power plant boom
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 3:07pmAl Tomson, the mayor of a tiny town tucked away in an idyllic corner of the eastern United States, points to a spot on a...
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World
Elmo’s hacked X account shares anti-Semitic, anti-Trump posts
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 11:03amThe X account of Sesame Street’s Elmo, a beloved children’s TV character, shared anti-Semitic and anti-Donald Trump posts...
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Trump ‘very, very unhappy’ with Putin over ongoing war, threatening tariffs at 100%
Tuesday, 15 July 2025, 7:41amUS President Donald Trump told Russia on Monday to end its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions...
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World
Clashes in Sweida, Syria leave 37 dead amid Druze-Bedouin violence
Monday, 14 July 2025, 2:40pmClashes between Bedouin tribes and local fighters in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida in southern Syria have killed...
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World
Israeli air strikes kill over 40 in Gaza as ceasefire talks stall
Monday, 14 July 2025, 2:03pmGaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Sunday killed more than 40 Palestinians, including at a market and...
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Sport
IndyCar: Dixon and Armstrong both finish on podium as Palou wins again
Monday, 14 July 2025, 9:17amSpain’s Alex Palou held off Scott Dixon over the final laps to capture today’s IndyCar Farm to Finish 275, stretching his...
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Sport
'Super surreal': Most one-sided Wimbledon final ever as Swiatek triumphs
Sunday, 13 July 2025, 9:05amIga Swiatek demolished Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the most one-sided women’s Wimbledon final for 114 years to win her sixth...
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Sport
European court to rule in Semenya sports gender case
Thursday, 10 July 2025, 5:15pmA top European court will decide tonight NZT whether double Olympic champion Caster Semenya can be required to lower her...
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World
Bomb-carrying donkey kills soldier in Colombia
Thursday, 10 July 2025, 3:03pmA soldier died and two were wounded when a bomb that guerrilla fighters had attached to a donkey exploded in northwest Colombia,...
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World
Former leader in solitary cell after being arrested again
Thursday, 10 July 2025, 2:54pmSouth Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time today over his declaration of martial law...
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EU monitor: June was hottest on record for western Europe
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 3:53pmWestern Europe sweltered through its hottest June on record last month, as “extreme” temperatures blasted the region in punishing...
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World
Trump faces Maga meltdown over Epstein reversal
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 1:13pmDonald Trump’s Maga base is up in arms after his Administration effectively shut down conspiracy theories related to notorious...
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World
'Liberated' in mind: Poet who shot Slovak PM faces trial
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 3:45pmThe man who admitted to shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is due to stand trial on terror charges today NZT, more...
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World
Trump announces tariffs of 25-40% on 14 countries
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 12:40pmUS President Donald Trump has unveiled higher tariffs for Japan, South Korea and a dozen other countries in a push for new...
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World
'Maximum pressure': US tariffs set to rise in trade standoff
Monday, 7 July 2025, 4:03pmUnited States tariffs will kick in on August 1 if trading partners from Taiwan to the European Union do not strike deals...
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World
Suriname elects first woman president amid new political era
Monday, 7 July 2025, 9:59amLawmakers elected Jennifer Geerlings-Simons as Suriname’s first woman President on Sunday, after her party won the most seats...
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World
Brics leaders to challenge US tariffs at Rio summit
Sunday, 6 July 2025, 2:24pmBrics leaders meeting in Rio de Janeiro from Sunday are expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s “indiscriminate” trade...
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World
Spanish PM Sanchez faces crisis amid corruption, sex worker scandal
Sunday, 6 July 2025, 2:10pmHit by a corruption scandal involving alleged kickbacks and sex workers, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s party shook...
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World
Elon Musk says he has created a new US political party
Sunday, 6 July 2025, 8:33amElon Musk, an ex-ally of US President Donald Trump, says he has launched a new political party in the United States to challenge...
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World
‘Mass casualty event’: Texas floods leave 13 dead, girls missing from summer camp
Saturday, 5 July 2025, 11:29amAt least 13 people have died after flash flooding hit south-central Texas early on Saturday, officials said, with more than...
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Entertainment
Rock legends Oasis kick off 'historic' comeback tour
Saturday, 5 July 2025, 8:49amBritish rock legends Oasis kicked off their hotly anticipated worldwide reunion tour in Cardiff on Friday, commencing an...
